New books in Old Testament
May 16, 2018
For a recent piece in the Christian Century, soon-to-be Dean and Vice President of Academic Affairs Prof. Jacq Lapsley has selected six new books, all of which can be found here on our shelves:
- The great shift: Encountering God in Biblical times / James L. Kugel
- Telling the Old Testament story : God's mission and God's people / Brad E. Kelle
- Claiming her dignity : female resistance in the Old Testament / L. Juliana M. Claassens
- Womanist Midrash : a reintroduction to the women of the Torah and the throne / Wilda C. Gafney
- The house of the mother : the social roles of maternal kin in Biblical Hebrew narrative and poetry / Cynthia R. Chapman
- Ancient prophecy : near eastern, biblical, and Greek perspectives* / Martti Nissinen
*Also available as an e-book.
